Formula for Calculating Typing Speed

For calculating Typing Speed there are two formulas are used. One formula is based upon characters counting and the second one is directly applied on words count. Let explore the two typing test speed calculation formulas in detail.

1. Character based Formula :

A . Gross WPM

Here WPM = Word Per Minute

All typed entries = Total Key Strokes (or key depression)

Gross WPM is really the typing speed that you typed in one minute its getting by total key Stroke (Key depression) divided by 5 (One word = 5 character) and then divided by total minute to get word per minute speed.

If you type 200 character in 1 minute then your typing speed will be = 200 / 5 = 40 WPM

But GWPM is not your actual speed, actual speed is calculating by correct word you typed known as 'Net WPM'.

Note: delete, backspace, shift and other keys are not calculated in key stroke.

Example : Suppose the A candidate typed total 350 words in 10 Minutes in which he typed 20 words wrong:

Net Speed in WPM = (350 -20) / 10 = 33 WPM

C. Accuracy :(Net WPM/ Gross WPM ) * 100

Accuracy = 33/35 * 100 = 94.28 %

Calculation of Errors

Errors are calculated by following two criteria

1. Errors thats corrected

If you correct wrong word that you typed then you will use backspace to delete that word will not calculated in WPM.

2. Errors that are incorrect

If you not correct the errors you made then you will penalize 5 character for each word error (Regardless of how many character in this wrong word). So always try to type accurate and if mistake made then correct it.